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1 boredom
• ikävä• ikävyys• ikävystyminen• ikävystyneisyys• tylsyys• lohduttomuus• suru• yksitoikkoisuus• kyllästyminentechnology• kyllästys• pitkäveteisyys• pitkäpiimäisyys* * *noun (the state of being bored.) ikävystyneisyys -
2 relief
• hätäapu• helpotus• huojennus• avustus• apu• vaihto• reliefi• riikinruotsalainen (adj.)• keventää• kevennys• kohokuva• lievennys• lievike• lievitys• mukavuus• pinnanmuodostus• korkokuva* * *rə'li:f1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) helpotus2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) apu3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) sijainen4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) vapautus5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) kohokuva•- relieve- relieved -
3 restive
• vikuri• vaikea käsitellä• hankala• äksy* * *'restiv(beginning to show displeasure, impatience, boredom etc eg at delay, discipline etc; restless.) levoton- restiveness -
4 restless
• tuima• hätäinen• tuskainen• hermostunut• hermostuva• huolestunut• epävakainen• vakiintumaton• rauhaton• kiihtynyt• levoton• myrskyisä• myrskyinen• maltiton• säikky• tasapainoton• kärsimätön* * *1) (always moving; showing signs of worry, boredom, impatience etc: a restless child; He's been doing the same job for years now and he's beginning to get restless.) rauhaton2) (during which a person does not sleep: a restless night.) rauhaton -
5 set in
• istuttaa• alkaa* * *(to begin or become established: Boredom soon set in among the children.) päästä vallalle -
6 suggestion
• opastus• neuvo• initiatiivi• vihje• vireillepano• viittaus• viite• ehdotus• ehdotelma• esitys• aloite• ajatus• alkuunpano• uskottelu• pyyntölaw• kehotus• mielipiteen harkinnaton omaksuminen• suggestio• suunnitelma• tarjous• kuvittelu• luonnos* * *- ən1) (the act of suggesting.) ehdotus2) (something that is suggested; a proposal or idea: Has anyone any other suggestions to make?; What a clever suggestion!) ehdotus3) (a slight trace or sign: There was a suggestion of boredom in his tone.) häivähdys -
7 tedium
• ikävyys• ikävä• yksitoikkoisuus* * *noun (boredom; tediousness: the tedium of a long journey.) yksitoikkoisuus -
8 while away
• kuluttaa* * *(to pass (time) without boredom: He whiled away the time by reading.) kuluttaa aikaa -
9 yawn
См. также в других словарях:
Boredom — Bore dom, n. 1. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. Dickens. [1913 Webster] 2. The realm of bores; bores, collectively. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boredom — index disinterest (lack of interest) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
boredom — state of being bored, 1852, from BORE (Cf. bore) (v.1) + DOM (Cf. dom). It also has been employed in a sense bores as a class (1883) and practice of being a bore (1864, a sense properly belonging to boreism, 1833) … Etymology dictionary
boredom — *tedium, ennui, doldrums Antonyms: amusement Contrasted words: diversion, entertainment, recreation (see under AMUSE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
boredom — [n] disinterest; weariness apathy, detachment, disgust, distaste, doldrums, dullness, ennui, fatigue, flatness, incuriosity, indifference, irksomeness, jadedness, lack of interest, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, monotony, pococurantism,… … New thesaurus
boredom — ► NOUN ▪ the state of feeling bored … English terms dictionary
boredom — [bôr′dəm] n. the condition of being bored; ennui … English World dictionary
Boredom — Boring redirects here. For other uses, see Boring (disambiguation). For the Buzzcocks song, see Spiral Scratch (EP) … Wikipedia
boredom — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure (esp. AmE), sheer, utter ▪ terminal VERB + BOREDOM ▪ prevent ▪ alleviate … Collocations dictionary
boredom — n. 1) complete, sheer, utter boredom 2) out of boredom (he started drinking again out of boredom) * * * [ bɔːdəm] sheer utter boredom complete out of boredom (he started drinking again out of boredom) … Combinatory dictionary
boredom — bore|dom [ˈbo:dəm US ˈbo:r ] n [U] the feeling you have when you are bored, or the quality of being boring ▪ a game to relieve the boredom of a long journey ▪ the sheer boredom of being in jail boredom with ▪ his boredom with life in a small town … Dictionary of contemporary English
